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Box 1

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Contains 12 Results:

Thirty-five photographs marked "from the Boas collection", undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 1
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

Photograph of J. G. Correia with Cape Verdean men dated Jan. 1922, with handwritten descriptive note from R. C. Murphy dated Aug. 22, 1944, Jan. 1922 (note dated Aug. 22, 1944)

 File — Box: 1, Object: 2
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: Jan. 1922 (note dated Aug. 22, 1944)

Three photographs with handwritten note, "Presented by Mr. Alfred Klein - Kikuyu circumcision - Kahari - Embeu Post - East of Kenya - Kenya Province", undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 3
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

Three photographs marked "Bushman, South Africa", undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 4
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

Four photographs of huts and people, numbered, undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 5
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

Five photographs of hunting party, kraals, chief with family, Zululand, captioned, undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 6
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

One photograph of people near water retention pond, captioned, undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 7
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

One photograph of figurative sculpture, marked, "West Africa, Given to H.L. Shapiro by Robert Foster, July 7, 1950", July 7, 1950

 File — Box: 1, Object: 8
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: July 7, 1950

One photograph of a Benin bronze head, undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 9
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated

Two photographs marked, "Bakuba cup - property of Dr. James Chapin", undated

 File — Box: 1, Object: 10
Identifier: PPC .A381
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The majority of this collection consists of photographs and photographic postcards of African people, locations and objects. Many of the photographs are portraits and various cultures are represented. Most of the images are captioned and several items are accompanied by brief notes.The earliest dated item is among a group of photographs collected by Franz Uri Boas for research (Folder 1). These include various objects of ritual and daily use, pygmies at the 1904 St. Louis...
Dates: undated